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AM.MN: Lawn signs? Check. Tow signs? Oops.

By Chris Steller | 11.02.09 | 9:30 am

am.mn logoGetting named in a developer’s lawsuit on Thursday, five days before Election Day, was bad enough. But Friday wasn’t much better for Minneapolis Council Member Diane Hofstede, whose office got more than 50 calls after the city’s…

Video: Flowers gets in Rybak’s face

By Chris Steller | 10.23.09 | 2:59 pm

Minneapolis mayoral candidate Al Flowers heckled Mayor R.T. Rybak at length yesterday as Rybak delivered a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony for new KMOJ-FM studios in North Minneapolis.

Ward Five challengers target Samuels at lively debate

By Paul Demko | 10.14.09 | 4:06 pm

Minneapolis City Council debates are generally polite, drowsy affairs. But Ward Five has a reputation for boisterous, even unruly, political discourse. That might explain why more than 100 people showed up at the Capri Theater on Tuesday night to watch five city council candidates debate the issues.

AM.MN: See Newt say, ‘Run, Tim, run’

By Chris Steller | 10.06.09 | 8:30 am

am.mn logoAnother day, another GOP father figure vouching for Gov. Pawlenty’s presidential prospects. Now it’s Newt Gingrich, who has shared microphones and bylines with Pawlenty, saying T-Paw is “certainly going to be a player.